This year, the season kicks off with “Legally Blonde”, based on the popular 2001film of the same title. Dubbed“a high-energy hymn to the glories of girlishness” bythe New York Times,this big, heroine-worshiping musical follows Elle Woods, asorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend,Warner. Throughout the show, no one has faith in Elle Woods, but she manages tosurprise them when she defies expectations while staying true to herself.

Featuring an infectious pop score by Laurence O’Keefe (“Heathers,” “Batboy: The Musical”) and Nell Benjamin, and an effervescent book by Heather Hach.

This crowd-pleasingshow opens June 29, and runs Thursday through Sunday evenings through July 14.